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Millions of Venezuelans in Need of Protections
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 09 (IPS) - The international community must extend protections for Venezuelans in light of a growing humanitarian crisis with no end in sight.
Human Rights Watch has urged governments in the Americas to provide temporary protection to the millions of Venezuelans fleeing a severe humanitarian crisis.
Will ‘People Power’, or Powerful People, Change the World?
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Mar 08 (IPS) - Solitaire Townsend is a sustainability expert and co-founder of the change agency Futerra.
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a hero. While my friends dressed up as princesses, I wore a home-made Joan of Arc costume. Where others read romance novels, I read about fighting dragons. I didn't want to be a princess, I wanted to save them.
Environmental Funding For Guyana Must Cater for Mangroves Too
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Mar 08 (IPS) - For several decades, Guyana has been using mangroves to protect its coasts against natural hazards, and the country believes its mangrove forests should be included in programmes like the REDD+ of United Nations, in order to access financing to continue their restoration and maintenance, as they complement miles of seawalls that help to prevent flooding.
Women as Forerunners of Change: When Financial Inclusion Meets Digital Transformation
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 08 (IPS) - Karessa Ramos is Social Media Data Analyst for BBVA Microfinance Foundation.
Imagine a world where women fully participate in society, and enjoy equal access to resources and opportunities. Most probably, the 2030 Agenda would be nearing its fulfillment and we would be closer to achieving the better planet we wish to build.
Urgent Call for African Food Sovereignty Movements to Connect with Radical Feminist Movements on the Continent
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 08 (IPS) - This opinion piece is part of IPS coverage of International Women's Day on Mar. 8Africa is facing dire times. Climate change is having major impacts on the region and on agriculture in particular, with smallholder farmers, and especially women, facing drought, general lack of water, shifting seasons, and floods in some areas.
Break the Menstrual Taboo
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - It is time to rise up and fight a long neglected taboo: menstruation.
Marking International Women's Day, United Nations human rights experts called on the international community to break taboos around menstruation, noting its impacts on women and girls' human rights.
Island Women Take the Lead in Peatland Restoration
- Inter Press Service
LEYTE ISLAND, Philippines, Mar 07 (IPS) - This feature part of IPS coverage of International Women's Day on Mar. 8
Eluminada Roca has lived all her life next to the Leyte Sab-a Basin peatlands. The grandmother from of San Isidro village in Philippines' Leyte island grew up looking at the green hills that feed water to the peatland, she harvested tikog—a peatland grass to weave mats—and ate the delicious fish that was once in abundant in the waters.
But today, the land is losing its water, the grass is disappearing and the fish stock has drastically decreased.
Protecting Women’s Space in Politics
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Mar 07 (IPS) - Women human rights defenders around the globe are facing heightened threats of violence and repression. Sometimes they are targeted for being activists, and sometimes just for being women. World leaders should do much more to secure space for women's safe participation in public life.
Eight Years on, Fukushima Still Poses Health Risks for Children
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 07 (IPS) - Akio Matsumura* is Founder of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival.
On March 11, we commemorate the 8th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. To an outside observer, this anniversary passes as a technical progress report, a look at new robot, or a short story on how lives there are slowly returning to normal.
Smart Tech Will Only Work for Women When the Fundamentals for Its Uptake Are in Place
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 07 (IPS) - Ibrahim Thiaw is Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
Science and technology offer exciting pathways for rural women to tackle the challenges they face daily. Innovative solutions for rural women can, for example, reduce their workload, raise food production and increase their participation in the paid labour market. But even the very best innovative, gender-appropriate technology makes no sense without access to other critical resources, especially secure land rights, which women in rural areas need to flourish.
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